The Portland daily press., 1887-03-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Senate Fishery RetaIiatory Bill
Passed In the House.
Tho Attitude of the Democrats on
the Question.
Rumor that Secretary Bayard Want
ed No Legislation on the Question.

WASHINGTON, March 2.
The report of the House appropriation
committee ON the regular appropriation bill
to supply deficiencies in the appropriations
for 1887 and prior years, contains, among a
mass Of uninteresting matter, table of ex-
penditnres by the board of visitors to the
Naval Academy which are interesting to say
the least. The items are chiefly for their
travelling expenses and show that they lived
well during the performance of the
arduous (?) labor. Here arc some Of the
items Of food: June Sd, five dozen frogs
legs at S1.5O, $3.50; four dozen chickens at
81, SIG; six terrapin, $40; one bunch bananas
S2.25; one dozen pine apples, S1.40; one bar
rel new potatoes, $3.50; one box oranges,
SO; one box lemons, $3.50; and peas, beans,
beets, asparagus, one barrel apples, milk,
cream, eggs, and other things in proportion.
June 18th are the following entries: Fresh
crabs, fresh fish and devilled crabs, $3.50;
ice cream, $50; cake, $50; Roman punch,
50; water ice, 81. They evidently believed
in the good things of life. Not only did they
live well but they also drank well, as the
following entries show Three bottles Hen
nessey brandy, $3.50; three and one-third
cases xxx whiskey at $1S, $50; one and
two-third cases Chilling sherry at $50, $50;
four and two-thirds cases claret at Sc, S2S;
one case Appolinaris water, $50: two and
one-third dozen beer at 65 cents, S1.51; and
two cases Pommery Sec, S5S This evidently
disagreed with some one for the next item is
one bottle Angostura bitters, Is cents. They
were also evidently good judges of cigars,
and smoked the best brand. Their cigar
bills are as follows: Two hundred and fifty
Bouquet cigars, $40; 100 Reina Vietorias,
$22; 800 Londres, $50; 100 Conchas (Ade-
lina), S11; 200 Londres Of. de Cuba, S26; so
Conchas LA Patrial, $3.50: % Bouquet
Flor Cuban, $500. And to wait ON them
they had clever house servants at cost of
S120. Their total expenditure for food,
drink, cigars, ETC., was s1,042.49.
The Fisheries Retaliatory Bill.
As was indicated last night as likely to
De done, the House, today, receded from its
amendment to the Senate fishery retaliation
bill and adopted the bill exactly as passsd
by the Senate. Messrs. Rice of Massachu-
sets and Dingley of Maine, who have ably
managed the Senate bill in the House have
been actively at work since the House sub
stitute was adopted to undermine the Demo-
cratic majority in favor Of the House bill,
and the vote this afternoon demonstrates the
success of their endeavors. They were ably
assisted by the Democratic members Of the
foreign affairs committee, Messrs. Craig OF
Texas and Worthingten Of Illinois, who BY
acting with the Republicans made major
ftx ri that ft.f e
bill, fact that was made good use of in the
debate this afternoon. 1t has been charged
from the beginning that the Democrats IN
fayorlng the House substitute were really
endeavoring 10 prevent any legislation what
ever. That this charge was true was proved
today by the remarkspf Mr.. Mills Of Texas
and D0ugherty Of Florida, who said that
they should oppose any receding by the
House from its former vote by which it sub
stituted the Belmont bill for the Senate bill
with hope Of preventing an agreement on
any bill, as they were opposed to any legis-
lation Of the sort. 1t has been the hope OF
the Democrats all along and it Is believed
that Secretary Bayard had the same time de-
sire that the House substitute would pre-
vent any legislation whatever In one Of two
ways. They hoped that either, because the
Senate would not agree to the House clause,
excluding railway trains, the whole thing
would fall through; or If by chance the
Senate did agree to that clause, the bill as
passed would be so stringent and virtually
war measure that the President would be
unable to take advantage of its provisions.
Chairman Belmont, in the course Of the
debate, was very severely handled. and
when vote was taken was beaten by Is
majority. The bill then goes to the Presi-
dent as originally passed by the Senate. He
win sign it, and the rights of American fish
ermen will be protected.
Personal.